Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Had No Tolerance For Communalism: Rahul Gandhi

October 31, 2018

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Rahul Gandhi said Sardar Patel was a patriot, who fought for an independent India.

New Delhi:

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid rich tribute to "Congressman" Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 143rd birth anniversary and said he was a man of "steel will" and had "no tolerance for bigotry or communalism".

"Sardar Patel was a patriot, who fought for an independent, united and secular India.

"A man with a steely will, tempered by compassion. He was a Congressman to the core, who had no tolerance for bigotry or communalism," Mr Gandhi's tribute said.

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Mr Patel, was born to Ladba and Jhaverbhai Patel in Gujarat's Nadiad on October 31, 1875. He was the first Deputy Prime Minister and the Home Minister of the country.